The Bomber Boys

The Bomber Boys hardcover standing on the deck of a WWII bomber

An ADVENTURE Picture Book for Boys!

Picture books are fun. Adventure picture books are more fun! Our boys need adventure. They need stories with maps and missions, with swords and spies. They need to see characters in tight spots, so they can see teamwork triumph. They need stories with danger and doubt, so they can see courage conquer fear.

The five bomber boys in flight jackets and life vests, lined up together

The Bomber Boys takes our future men into the wild world of 1943, when both wolves and warriors took to the skies in battle! Five brave bomber boys imaginatively take flight in their backyard treehouse to join their fathers in a fight that is raging half a world away.

Are you and your son ready to join the mission?

Painting: the boys cheering from the waist gun as an enemy fighter goes down Painting: a bomber boy sighting down the barrel of his gun Painting: one boy bursting in through the door to fetch another from the living room floor

Awesome Adventure Picture Book Checklist:

  • Fun!
  • Danger?
  • Courage!
  • Trial?
  • Triumph!
  • More Fun!

Get ready for a picture book like you’ve never seen. Veteran-made for fathers and sons.

Back the Campaign
Kenneth Padgett writing The Bomber Boys by hand in a notebook Justin Hughes painting a Bomber Boys illustration at his easel Justin Hughes at work on three Bomber Boys paintings taped to a board
Kenneth Padgett and Justin Hughes in the cockpit of a WWII bomber

The Bomber Boys is brought to you by two military veterans, fathers, and artists who are passionate about exciting stories that celebrate virtue!

Kenneth Padgett is the author of several published picture books, and in The Bomber Boys he has brought his own background in military aviation and his longtime fascination with World War II history together to write an adventure story every boy will love.

Justin Hughes is a former Navy SEAL who is a self-taught artist specializing in oil painting. He seeks to connect aspects of his military experience and his understanding of the warrior archetype to the fine art medium. The Bomber Boys marks his debut as a picture book illustrator, and these images will live long in the imaginations of a new generation of future men.